Chapter 15: Hinduism

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  1. 4. A class of rulers and warriors
  2. 6. law, obligation, duty
  3. 9. Belief in many gods, such as in Hindu belief
  4. 12. How Brahmins learned the Vedas before they were written
  5. 15. Hindu New Year festival that represents Rama's triumph over the evil Ravana
  6. 16. Indian leader who criticized the caste system
  7. 18. A journey to a holy place
  8. 20. The central character in the Ramayana
  9. 23. Hindu monks who practice meditation breathing exercises to attain divine enlightenment
  10. 24. the founder of Hinduism
  11. 26. The Hindu god who preserves the universe
  12. 28. The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death
  13. 30. The supreme power, or divine force (god) in Hinduism. In Hindu belief, everything in the universe is part of this
  14. 31. The name for the soul in Hinduism
  15. 32. A social class as described in the Vedas, each one had it's own duty in society
  16. 34. Hindu belief of the continuous cycle of life, death, and rebirth
  17. 35. A fifth and lowest social class, they did jobs considered dirty and lived separate from regular society
  18. 37. Name for a Hindu temple
  19. 38. A class, or group, in Hindu society
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  1. 1. Sacred river in India where Hindus go to ritually bathe
  2. 2. A class of herders and merchants
  3. 3. an ancient Indian religion in which the Brahmins are the dominant class
  4. 5. India's first major religion
  5. 7. People who migrated into India in 2,000 BCE and may have brought ideas which led to Hinduism
  6. 8. Ancient city of the Indus River Valley civilization
  7. 10. A collection of sacred texts, including verses, hymns, prayers and teachings
  8. 11. A class of priests and religious scholars, the highest social class
  9. 13. The Hindu god who destroys the universe
  10. 14. The Hindu god who creates
  11. 15. The Hindu god who embodies the female powers of the universe
  12. 17. "The way of one's kind"
  13. 19. An ancient language of India
  14. 21. When the soul escapes the cycle of rebirth and is united with Brahman
  15. 22. A class of servants
  16. 25. The Hindu god of thunder
  17. 27. In Hinduism, this animal is sacred and represents respect for life
  18. 29. One of Hinduism's most famous texts
  19. 31. Under the belief of karma, a person might be reborn as this if they lived an evil life
  20. 33. Hindu belief that governs what happens to people's souls after death; all the good and evil a person had done in past lives
  21. 36. Early Hindu religion